Month: October 2017

Get a better look at the new premium outfits before you buy.

If you aren’t sold on the new selection of premium costumes that arrived for Street Fighter V this week, RektScrub has put together this compilation of online matches so you can see the new outfits as they appear in the heat of the fight. The Halloween and school outfits for various characters are all on display here, along with the new English Manor stage, too. Dhalsim’s new “invisible man” costume is particularly entertaining to see in action!

Source: RektScrub

While the potential of fighting games in the Olympics look to be at a standstill, organizing bodies of competitive international sporting competitions are still putting fighters in the forefront. Over the weekend, some of Asia’s best players in The King of Fighters XIV found their way to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, where esports were on demonstration at the event to potentially be placed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

While one of the best players in the world — Qanba Douyu’s Zhuojun “Xiao Hai” Zeng — was unable to attend due to an organizational snafu, his teammate Haojun “Dakou” Su managed to take bronze for China. Reigning Evo champion in the game Chia-Hung “E.T.” Lin took gold home for Taiwan, while his fellow countryman Chia-Chen “ZJZ” Tseng — who captured fourth at Evo — received the silver.

The final three matches played out were recently uploaded to YouTube — and there were some intense matches, especially in the grand finals.

Source: KarinUSF4

What it provides players, and why it should be there.

After listing off his top ten changes he wants to see for a potential “Super Street Fighter V” upgrade, BornFree returns to revisit the topic of Arcade Mode — which was left unexplored in his prior video, despite being #4 on the wish list. In the video below, he discusses how important arcade mode is to a fighting title, both as a means of moving units and a way of recruiting new players (a “gateway drug”), regardless if current professional players see a need for it. He goes on to describe the emotional impact and practical benefits of having strong single-player content in a fighting game. Check it out:

BornFree has a slightly different outlook than I settled on when I wrote about this subject last year; though Capcom has not yet met my hopes for a creative –or even adequate — single-player substitute to arcade mode, either. It seems that SFV needs a good arcade mode now, more than ever.

X-Kira recently found some interesting video related to this topic, that may give us an early look into the layout of an SFV arcade mode.

Source: BornFree

What it provides players, and why it should be there.

After listing off his top ten changes he wants to see for a potential “Super Street Fighter V” upgrade, BornFree returns to revisit the topic of Arcade Mode — which was left unexplored in his prior video, despite being #4 on the wish list. In the video below, he discusses how important arcade mode is to a fighting title, both as a means of moving units and a way of recruiting new players (a “gateway drug”), regardless if current professional players see a need for it. He goes on to describe the emotional impact and practical benefits of having strong single-player content in a fighting game. Check it out:

BornFree has a slightly different outlook than I settled on when I wrote about this subject last year; though Capcom has not yet met my hopes for a creative –or even adequate — single-player substitute to arcade mode, either. It seems that SFV needs a good arcade mode now, more than ever.

X-Kira recently found some interesting video related to this topic, that may give us an early look into the layout of an SFV arcade mode.

Source: BornFree